Deep Sea Embers

In the end, Duncan didn't understand what a "child" was.

Goat's head is vague about this aspect, and it seems that it does not know the details of these ancient things wandering on the edge of the civilized world. As for Duncan, he can only summarize a little idea from the limited clues——

The descendants are the products of ancient times, and they hate the modern world. They have strange and dangerous powers, and they hide in the dark in a low-key manner. Except for the children of the sun, other "children" almost never show up in the civilized world. It is on the edge that threatens the safety of explorers.

And in all this information, there is one more interesting point:

The Sons of the Sun seem to be able to pretend to be human beings—only the supernatural beings of the Church can tell the disguised Sons of the Sun from ordinary people.

Duncan thought of the recent changes in the Puland city-state, and thought of those "sun believers" who suddenly became active after a few years of low-key.

Behind the high-profile activities of the cultists... are they ordered by the "children"? Those ancient and strange existences are plotting something in the Puland city-state?

Duncan stood on the edge of the deck of the Lost Home, staring at the turbulent sea beneath his feet for a long time.

There are also descendants in the deep sea, which are ancient existences different from the sons of the sun, and "they" threaten the safety of the long-distance fleets between various city-states.

Duncan was wary and curious about these things in the deep sea.

He believed that even though he had never dealt with these things before, as long as the Lost Home was still wandering in the sea, he would encounter these weird things one day sooner or later, and there was no harm in making more preparations before that.

Whether it's collecting intelligence, further controlling one's own strength, or discovering the potential of the Lost Homelander, they are all planning for the future.

Of course, he is not afraid of the hidden dangers in the deep sea—after all, he has been floating on the sea with this ship for so long, and he can more or less guess how many weird things there are in the deep sea. It's just one of the countless weird threats. The so-called lice don't itch and debt doesn't worry. As the captain of the Lost Country, he has to be wary of so many things here.

He pondered on the deck for a long time, and found that what he needs to worry about most now is whether the "supply channel" he finally found will be affected-will those sons of the deep sea affect his fishing?

Although Pigeon Ay has the ability to transport supplies, it is still unclear how much it can carry and how reliable it is, not to mention that the Puland city-state is an orderly place, and the supplies transported to the ship also cost money to buy. Yes, so this supply line is not sure when it will come in handy.

Coupled with the lucrative catch from the last fishing trip, Duncan is very clear that the improvement of the living conditions of the Lost Homeland is ultimately inseparable from the gift of nature.

And those "children" are now a hidden danger - they may affect the gift of nature.

Duncan was a little worried. He just hoped that the evil things in the sea would not affect his fishing.

...

The bright gas lamps glowed, dispelling the darkness in the underground facilities of the church. The deep-sea runes engraved in the long corridor exude reassuring power. With an invisible giant net, the underground structure of the entire building is shrouded in a sacred and quiet atmosphere.

Fan Na walked in the underground sanctuary of the church. This sacred and quiet place calmed down her restless mood a little bit.

The Goddess of Storm is in charge of the most powerful force in the boundless sea, but she does not only have a violent side that symbolizes "storm". This ancient god also controls the power of tranquility and sealing.

Just as there are two sides to the sea, calm and storm always accompany each other, the same is true of the goddess's authority - the underground of the cathedral symbolizes the "mirror image of the storm".

There are many gods in this world who are one body with two sides, or have the characteristics of one body and two sides. The god of death is in charge of vitality at the same time, and the god of wisdom also has the power to deprive reason and ignorance. Ordinary people may not know much about this aspect, but as a A high-ranking clergyman, Fanna has a wealth of knowledge in this area.

She also knows that it is precisely because of the two-faced characteristics of many gods that some extremely controversial, even near-heretical ideas have been born. Some scholars even believe that the entire world is also two-faced-in a certain dimension, There is even a "dry land" where the sea and the land are completely mirrored. There is an endless dry land, and extremely rare rivers and oases are dotted in the aridity. In that dry land, there are even intelligent civilizations that seem to be different from the real world. , they are reflections of everything in reality...

These outrageous conjectures based entirely on conjecture are of course not recognized, and even Bishop Valentine, who is known to be enlightened in the city-state of Pland, scoffed when he heard this statement——

In the old man's original words, there is a subspace at the bottom of this world is enough to make people's heads big, so some folk theologians should stop hanging things under the subspace, okay?

Fan Na shook her head suddenly, letting her uncontrollable thoughts gather again.

Underneath the quiet cathedral, people's thoughts can easily spread out uncontrollably. This is because the "mirror image of the storm" brings overly peaceful psychological hints. Psychological barrier, this effect is invisible but powerful, and even a rigorously trained judge like her cannot be immune.

But on the other hand, this special environment has a special use.

For example, let some fanatical and crazy cultists speak.

Fanna stopped at the end of the corridor of the underground sanctuary. There were several doors leading to various "interrogation rooms", and a statue of the Storm Goddess stood quietly in the foyer between the several doors.

This icon is different from the statue of the goddess on the ground of the church - the statue on the ground has its hands open, as if it is accepting the worship of all peoples, surrounded by infinite majesty, but on the ground, the statue of the goddess folds its hands in front of its chest , quiet and gentle, like a girl listening attentively.

But no matter which icon it is, the face is covered with a light veil-this symbolizes the unknowability of the gods.

This listening icon with folded hands is another form of the Storm Goddess: Maiden of the Sea of ​​Tranquility.

She suppresses the water below the sea level and protects the peace of the city-state's underground world.

Fan Na bowed in front of the icon of the Maiden of Tranquility, then turned and pushed open the door of a nearby interrogation room.

The sound of the door shaft turning broke the tranquility in the underground facility. After the door opened, a spacious but dimly lit room appeared in front of Fan Na.

There is a large table in the center of the room, and Ms. Heidi in a long black dress is getting up from the table. On the opposite side of the table is a chair with restraint chains. A sun heretic is sitting quietly on the chair superior.

The heretic was blind-eyed, leaning crookedly against the armrest next to him, as if his reason and strength had been pulled out of his body, leaving only chaos.

There is still a strong smell of incense in the room, and Ms. Heidi's medical kit is still on the table. Inside, you can see a large empty syringe, wriggling thorny vines, and a golden cone that still seems to be bloodstained.

"Oh, Your Excellency Fanna, you came just in time," Ms. Heidi turned her head to greet the door opening, "I just finished a 'treatment'."

Fan Na glanced over Heidi's medical kit, her expression remained the same as before: "To be honest, it's still hard for me to connect your set of things with the 'treatment'..."

"These are the standard tools of psychiatrists... Well, I admit that I may use them more frequently than ordinary doctors," Ms. Heidi said, shrugging, "but who asked me to be employed by What about the 'hypnotist' who often works for the church in the city hall? The 'patients' I have come into contact with are not normal patients, especially cultists like this. Shaking crystals and low-frequency pendulums don't have a triple dose 'Midnight Flask' is easy to use."

"...I very much suspect that the reason why you inject three times the dose to the cultists every time is because you can only hold three times the dose in this big syringe," Fan Na complained about the acquaintance in front of her, but then shook her head, "But It doesn't matter, as long as you can pry these guys' mouths open... Tell me, what do you gain?"

"Yes, and the harvest is not small, the situation is weird," Ms. Heidi replied immediately, "I have already deeply hypnotized several cult members and used some special methods, and now I can basically confirm...these participants in the sacrifice The cultists of the ritual most likely didn't go mad after the ritual got out of control..."

"Didn't you go crazy after the ceremony got out of control?" Fanna frowned immediately. Although she already knew that the complexity of this matter would exceed expectations after talking with Bishop Valentine, Heidi's words still exceeded her expectations. ,"What does it mean?"

"I searched their memories and found that these people's thinking... or cognitive logic, had problems before the last failed sacrifice ceremony. They were affected by some kind of...cognitive filter, so that in their memory...huh? Your Excellency Fanna, you don't seem too surprised?"